Understood I'll fly up and use it!
Noir breaths deep and begins to move her wings already looking nervous.
Fly up and use my charm magic on my enemy then with the intent of pacifying them and stop fighting or if I can't pacify enough of em have them turn on each other once I'm done with that go back down and report.
Dessmo reaches out and grabs you by a wing as you begin to lift off, forcing you back down. You land wobbly and hunched over sideways. "ow, ow, ow, ow ..."
"I can think of at least three things wrong with that plan, little idiot. First, you'll be shot out of the sky. Second, I seriously doubt your charm magic is effective at range, on twenty, who are spread well apart, and may have resistances to such things. Third - and this is the one I care about - you'll give us away. You don't look at all like a bird, you silly girl. Now look sharp, we have incoming. See what you can do with the three coming down the path."
"Three twoleg fish come down path, this one will try to get behind."
Say the above over the commstone (note our NPCs have a couple), then check for good hiding spots. If one is found, and Dar'yajira hasn't been spotted, hide and wait for them to pass, then stalk from behind once they do. If Dar'yajira has been spotted, retreat.
Also, does their armor cover their necks? If so, ankles? Are there any weak spots at all?
"noted." comes the very quiet reply. Their lower legs in general are exposed, especially at the backs of the joints. Tehir elbows as well. And the armor does leave their neck and upper spine exosed so they can do that thing, which I believe Dar does not know about yet, where they bend forward and send a sonic blast.
Anyway, yo usit down, right in the middle of the path, and lick your paw, looking straight at the invaders as they approach. before they get within stabbing distance, you scamper out of the way, around a rock and out of sight. They completely ignore you and march on past, slowly, on the alert for larger threats. They will meet the team this coming turn, and you are positioned behind, within striking distance.
"Sir, I suggest neutralizing the invader's ships so they can't escape, then systematically picking them off piecemeal, using our superior mobility to compensate for their numbers. also once they have been trapped we could call for an assault team to retake the position if we lack the firepower to do so ourselves."
Suggest
"Alaran?"
"Working our way around now. They are in shallow water though, so I don't think our ship will be able to reach them. If they scatter, we'll, at best, get one of them."
"Noted. Aylia, wait here so we can deal with these scouts before they can call out to the others. Once they are down, perhaps you and one other can get around to the boats. Tehn return to us. No sense in spreading ourselves thin - they'll be able to take us out piecemeal instead that way."
Continue to monitor. Relay all information to Dessmo.
Nothing significant has changed, except the level of peril your physical body is now in, as the three invaders approach.